Cached Hits - Hits where the page was found in the cache of the browser, so the server did not need to transfer the file. Cached Hits as Percent - Percentage of hits that were cached compared with the total number of hits. Redirected Hits - Number of client requests that were redirected to other resources. Redirected Hits as Percent - Percentage of client requests that were redirected to other resources. Failed Hits - Number of hits where a server or client error occurred. Failed Hits as Percent - Percentage of hits where a server or client error occurred. Hits - A hit refers to a single action on the Web server as it appears in the log file. A visitor downloading a single file is logged as a single hit, while a visitor requesting a Web page including two images registers as three hits on the server; one hit is the request for the .html page, and two additional hits are requests for the downloaded image files. While the volume of hits is an indicator of Web server traffic, it is not an accurate reflection of how many pages are being looked at. Successful Hits - Number of hits without errors. Optionally excludes redirected requests and cached hits. Total Hits - Number of successful hits plus failed and redirected hits.

Use this information for a bird's-eye view of the reliability of your Web site. Many major problems can be revealed here.